Meanwhile, Hibs will have to make a push for the top six without Scott Robertson after the midfielder was ruled out for up to two months with a knee injury.

Robertson sustained medial ligament damage in last week’s Under-20s derby against Hearts and it was initially thought he would be sidelined for a month.

However, a hospital scan has now revealed a serious tear to the ligament. Robertson had only played in the Under-20s game to build up fitness after missing last month’s defeat to Celtic through suspension and being left out of the Scottish Cup defeat to Raith.

Manager Terry Butcher said: “It’s worse than we thought and it’s hard on Scott. Six to eight weeks is a long while.

“He was coming back into the team, we’d given him a run-out in the Under-20s to get him ready for Saturday and were actually thinking of taking him off when he was hurt.”